The focus of Career Education in the Langley School District is helping students discover who they wish to become instead of what. At R.E. Mountain Secondary School, the Career Education 9 Curriculum is embedded within the regular required courses throughout the year and not delivered as a separate course. All students will be sharing their learning during year end exit interviews. This interview will be the cumulative assessment for their Grade 9 Career Education Report Card mark in June.
We are excited to share this journey with our Grade 9’s as they begin to explore in greater depth their skills and passions, and start to determine possible routes for their goals.
The following assignments will be completed during Flex time in class:
Global & Labour Market Trends Assignment – Due March 9th, 2022
- Global & Labour Market Trends 2022
- This assignment is to be handed into the student’s Semester Two Block C teacher.
Personal and Academic Achievements – Due Wednesday, April 27th
- This assignment is to be handed into the student’s Semester Two Block D teacher.
- Personal & academic achievement assignment Grade 9’s – student copy
- Students need to identify both a personal and academic achievement from their Grade 9 year which they are proud of.
- These two artifacts (pictures are acceptable) will be brought and shared during the student’s exit interview.
- Students should focus on:
- how each artifact is personally relevant
- The skills learned or developed as a result of these achievements
- What the student learned about themselves.
Developing an Inquiry Question – Due Friday, June 10th
- This assignment is to be handed into the student’s Semester Two Block B teacher.
- Inquiry Question Assignment
- Students need to come up with one inquiry question they might be interested in pursuing for their Grade 12 Capstone project. Inquiry questions are open ended and do not have a single answer. They are thought provoking and intellectually engaging. They call for higher order thinking and raise additional questions. For example: Why do we need beliefs and values?
- Students need to clearly explain why they chose their inquiry question and what it means to them.
- Students will share their inquiry question and the why behind it during their Exit Interview.
FINAL EXIT INTERVIEW INFORMATION – Will take place June 23rd and 24th
Final Exit Interviews are short five minute discussions between Grade 9 students and a REMSS staff member. It is an opportunity for students to reflect on their Grade 9 year and what they have discovered about themselves.
A staff member will contact the student on Teams and provide them with a date, time and room number for the interview. Students are encouraged to arrive ten minutes prior to the start of the interview and to come prepared to discuss the following:
- Who Am I?
- Students should be able to clearly articulate a thoughtful and detailed response that is indicative of personal self-awareness and of having a growth mindset related to the six core competencies. Students will identify two work habits that have helped them be successful this year and one area that they would like to continue to work on and improve for next year.
- Personal & Academic Achievement Artifacts
- Students will share the two artifacts they have brought that they feel demonstrate both a personal and academic achievement from their Grade 9 year.
- Students should be able to clearly articulate why they brought the items and how they demonstrate both personal and academic achievement.
- Advice Tips for New Grade 9 Students
- Students should be able to clearly articulate 3 thoughtful tips for new grade 9 students to help them be successful in transitioning from middle to high school.
- Inquiry Question
- Students should be able to share one inquiry question that they might be interested in pursuing for their Grade 12 Capstone. Inquiry questions are open-ended and do not have a single answer. They are thought provoking and intellectually engaging. They call for higher order thinking and raise additional questions.
- Student can clearly explain why they chose this inquiry question and what it means to them.
- Local Trends for Careers
- Students will share a little bit about the career they researched in the very first Career assignment (salary, education/hard/soft skills required, and the prospects in the lower mainland for this career).
- Who Am I?